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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving
Some of the things I am thankful for are family, friends, and health. I am grateful for all the blessings God has giving me. We are looking forward to spending the day catching up with cousins, watching football, and relaxing. Our traditional thanksgiving meal is turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, salad, cardunas (a celery like vegetable we dip in Italian bread crumbs and fry), chocolate cream pie, and of course pumpkin pie. Enjoy your Thanksgiving day!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Why Ukraine
When we started the adoption we were going to Ukraine. Why Ukraine?
1. It was one of a few country's that a child was not preselected for you before travel. We felt that when we saw our children we would be able to form a bond in person. Most country's pick a child for you by the information you have given them.
2. Robbie has a cousin who adopted (Logan) from Ukraine and we thought that it would be a special bond the children could share forever as cousins.
3. Finally Ukraine allows independent adoptions. You have a facilitator that is in the country and works for you translating, working with the government, and guiding you while you are in the country. The cost is less this way because you are not dealing with a agency form that country.
This would have taken over a year to complete INS papers and translation of documents before we even traveled. Also as of April 2008 the United States passed the Hague law, this is making international adoption more difficult. Some of these obstacles and God's hands opening many doors lead us to change to a domestic adoption. I still pray for Ukraine orphans as well as orphans all around the world. Your eye's are not opened until you have seen how many of God's children are without family's.
1. It was one of a few country's that a child was not preselected for you before travel. We felt that when we saw our children we would be able to form a bond in person. Most country's pick a child for you by the information you have given them.
2. Robbie has a cousin who adopted (Logan) from Ukraine and we thought that it would be a special bond the children could share forever as cousins.
3. Finally Ukraine allows independent adoptions. You have a facilitator that is in the country and works for you translating, working with the government, and guiding you while you are in the country. The cost is less this way because you are not dealing with a agency form that country.
This would have taken over a year to complete INS papers and translation of documents before we even traveled. Also as of April 2008 the United States passed the Hague law, this is making international adoption more difficult. Some of these obstacles and God's hands opening many doors lead us to change to a domestic adoption. I still pray for Ukraine orphans as well as orphans all around the world. Your eye's are not opened until you have seen how many of God's children are without family's.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
First for me
I am starting my blog today I hope it will be interesting, informational, and most important documentation of the process of our adoption. We made the decision to adopt in March of this year. Our first choice was to go internationally to Ukraine.
After two months of papers being filled out, medical exams, educational classes and a home study. God directed us down the path of domestic adoption. Thankfully we had not sent our paper work to INS. So we had our home study amended, and have started our journey with St Joesph Ministry's.
We are being considered for a sibling group of three children. All are under the age of our daughter as we wanted to keep the birth order of her being the oldest. So for now I wait to hear the news that we are going to meet my future children.
Rhonda
After two months of papers being filled out, medical exams, educational classes and a home study. God directed us down the path of domestic adoption. Thankfully we had not sent our paper work to INS. So we had our home study amended, and have started our journey with St Joesph Ministry's.
We are being considered for a sibling group of three children. All are under the age of our daughter as we wanted to keep the birth order of her being the oldest. So for now I wait to hear the news that we are going to meet my future children.
Rhonda
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